Repair tip for shoes



N. DANDREA. REPAIR TIP FOR SHOES. 1,422,543

APPLICATION FAILED JAN. 25, 1922-A Patented July M, 1922,

NICOLA DANDREA, OF BRIDGEEORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-IIALF T0 i MICHAEL PER-SICHINO, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

REPAIR TI? FOR- SHOES.

Specification-of Letters Patent. i

Patented July 11, 1922.

Application filed January 25, 1922. Serial No. 531,801.

State of Connecticut, has invented certainA new and useful Improvements in Repair Tips for Shoes, of which the following. is a specification.

This invention relates to a novel repair tip for shoes. I

An object of the invention is to provide an improved repair tip, ofvery simple construction, ready for attachment to the toe of a shoe requiring to be repaired.

A further object is to provide a repair tip which can be readily shaped to nicely fit the vamp of a shoe.

A still further Objectis to provide an' ar ticle of manufacture of the present characterwhich can be placed upon Ya shoe of any construction, as a substitute for. a damaged tip, in vsuch manner that the welt of the repair tip and the ordinary welt of the shoe will align, whereby the repaired shoe will be entirely sightly and neat, and whereby one continuous row ofstitching through the extending portions of the welts of both the tip and shoewill be possible.

With the above'obje'cts in view, as well as others which'will appear as the specification proceeds, the invention comprises the construction, arrangement and combination of parts as now to be fully described and as hereinafter to be specilically claimed, it being understood that the disclosure herein is merely illustrative and meant to in no way limit the spirit of the invention, changes in details of construction and arrangement of parts being permissible so long as within the scope of the appended claims.

Inthe accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a shoe embodying the features of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view as on line 2 2 in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view as on line 3 3 in Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Fig. l is a view corresponding with the showing of Fig. 3, but disclosing a slightly modified form of the invention.

In the drawing, 10 denotes the vamp oit' n u n n a shoe requiring repairing, 11 the welt at- .tached to the vamp in usual fashion and extending at opposite sides of the shoe, and 12 represents the shoe heel. For the sake of clearness the vamp and heel vare shown in dotted line-s and the shoe welt is shown in full lines.

The repair tip is constituted by a cap 13 having its lower edges turned in as at 14, and a welt llseeured to the under face of the turned in portion of the toe cap as by means of clench nails, pegs or stitchin 16. l

l'Ihe repair tip of the invention may be applied to a shoe in the following manner. The' damaged tip rof the shoe and the half sole 17 thereof may be lirst removed, 18 denoting the forward edge of the upper portion of the vamp, 19 the forward edge of the inturned portion of thevamp, and 2O denoting the forward edge of the shoe welt. The'tip may be then associated with the vamp, its inturned portion, and the shoe welt as best shown in Fig. 2. That is, the toe cap 13 may be slipped over the forward edge 18 of the vamp, the inturned edge 14 of the toe cap maybe made to align with or lit beneath the inturned edge 19 of the vamp, and the rear edge of the welt l5 of the tip, which willv naturally 4align with the welt 1l of the shoe, may be of proper length to be contiguous with the forward edge 2O of said shoe welt. Numeral 21 denotes holes in the rear edge of the toe cap by means of which the cap may be `sewed to the forward portion of the vamp. Obviously, as the shoe welt 11 and the tip welt 15 align with each other and are contiguous with each other, a single continuous row of stitching, not shown, may be employed to secure the half sole 17 to both of said welts, the stitching, naturally, as is usual, being received by the extending portions of both of said welts. Or, clench nails or pegs may be utilized for securing the half sole to the welts in customary fashion.

In Fig. 4 I have suggested how the repair tip'of Fig. 3 can be adjustable to tit a shoe even though the vamp has become mis-shaped by wear. An inspection of Fig. 4 will show that the clench nails, pegs, or stitches 16 are arranged only at or adjacent the forward portion of the toe cap and repair tip welt, leaving the rearward portions of the repair tip free to be adjusted. That is to say, the rear ends of the toe cap can be moved toward or from each other' and the turned in edges la thereof can be made of greater or less dimensions to fit the cap to a vamp, and the forward portions of the shoe tip welt l5 can be adjustedl toward or from each other so that the vouter edges thereof can be made flush with the outer edges of ,the -shoe welts. The present shoe tip can be placed upon a shoe upper or vamp independently of the insole of the shoe. .In eases where the insole is damaged, as well as the tip, it will be removed Aasthe damaged tip is removed. 'In cases where the insole is not badly damaged, it will be situated adjacent 'the inturned edges of the repair shoe cap in about the manner it was situated inthe cap of the damaged tip; i

'While I `have described the novel shoe tip asy a repair tip, it is to be understood that this tip can be utilized in the manufacture of new shoes aswell as in the repair of old shoes. Evidently, .the repairtips can be made-in any sizes.

I have described one particular manner in'which the improved tip can `be attached to a shoe. It will be apparent that there are otherways in which the attachingcan bedone vThe relative positions of 'therear edges of the-toe cap andthe repair tip welt, and the forward edges of the Ishoe vamp,

vtheturned in part thereof, andthe shoe welt may be asf'shown, `or the parts mentioned lmay =bear1to `each 4other some diiferent relation. i

I-Iaving thus fully described the inventionwhat I claim as new and desire'to secure by Letters Patent is:

40 l. As an article of manufacture, a repair tip for shoes, comprising a toe cap having an inturned lower edge, a toev cap welt secured to the under face of said 'lower edge and extending outwardly beyond said toe cap, and-means securing said inturned edge and welt to each other. v

2. In combination with a shoe vamp and a shoev welt secured thereto and extending therefrom, a shoe tip consisting of a toe cap having an inturned edge and a toe cap welt secured to the under face lof said in'- turned edge, said toe cap welt' being in alignment .with said shoe `welt.

' 3. In combination Awith a shoe vamp having an inturnededge and a lshoe-,welt secured to the under face of said edge and extending outwardly therefrom, al shoe ltip i consisting of a toe cap having an inturned edge and a ytoe cap welt secured to the under face of said edge and extending outwardly ofthe toe cap, said toe' cap welt aligning with and being contiguous with said shoe welt.

4L In combination with a shoe vamp having an inturned lower edge and a shoe welt `secured thereto and extending outwardly beyond said shoe vamp, a yshoe repair tip consisting of a toe cap having an inturned edge and a toe cap welt secured to the under face of said `inturned edge and extending outwardly beyond said cap, the rear edge of said toe vcap being secured to said vamp, and said welts being in alignment withA each other.y

5. The combination as .specified in claim 4l, and a lhalf sole secured to both of said welts.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and 'State of Connecticut-this'QOth day of January A. D., 1922i NICOLA DANDREA. 

